Marc! and some other guy will be defending their doubles title. They will face 3rd seeds Fyrstenberg/Matowski in the first round. Nestor/Zimonjic are in the other half of the draw…could we get a repeat of last year’s final?
Marc! beat Mohammad Ghareeb 6-2, 6-1 in the first round of qualifying today in Doha. Next up, he’ll face second seeded Karol Beck. They will be the first match on court 1 at 3pm local time.
Ever the thorough detective, Meri tracked down this unintentionally hilarious photo of Marc!, Albert Costa and some other guys from the Real Club De Tenis Barcelona’s 2003 program.
Marc! met with an unfortunate first day loss in the Qualies. I am pretty sure the slippery cow food is to blame. But now that the qualifiers have toughened up the surface, the strawberries are ready to be served, and Marc! and David Ferrer are kicking off day one with their doubles presence!
All eyes will be on them as they take to court…19 versus Coetzee and Kerr.
And round two goes to…Marc! and Tommy boy! Together they produced a great win over Fyrstenberg and Matkowski 6-4, 4-6, 6-4. On Sunday, the dynamic Spanish duo will take on the German team of Kohlmann and Waske.